Exposure to pesticides and the risk of childhood brain tumors

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1269-1278

  Greenop, Kathryn R ^a   Peters, Susan ^b   Bailey, Helen D ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^b   Attia, John ^c,d   Scott, Rodney J ^d,e   Glass, Deborah C ^f   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Alvaro, Frank ^c,g   Armstrong, Bruce K ^h   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cancer; Case control studies; Child; Insecticides; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATHER; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84878950417     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0205-1     Document Type: Article

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